The crash occurred Monday afternoon when the driver of the big rig carrying cotton trash failed to yield and hit the train, which was traveling south of the town of Hanford. The impact pushed the two passenger cars and the locomotive off the tracks.

The train traveled about 600 feet after the collision before derailing.

Kings County Assistant Sheriff Dave Putnam described the injuries to passengers as bumps, bruises, scrapes and possibly broken bones. The California Highway Patrol said the truck driver suffered minor injuries.